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I agree with you but it cuts both ways. GOP and Dems do whatever they think they need to do to stay in power. Hilary Clinton changed her position on LGBT rights when the winds started to blow in a different direction too.

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And Donald Trump changed his position on LGBT rights in exactly the opposite direction, but HE was PRESIDENT and LEADER of the Republican Party (and still thinks he is), and his DE-EVOLUTION hurt many people.

Hillary IMPROVED. Trump GOT WORSE. There is no equivalence. They're OPPOSITES.

So no, the Republican Party doesn't get credit for being just the same as the Democratic Party, and it most certainly cuts much worse in one way than the other. So please spare us the false equivalences and revisionist whitewashing of institutionalized GOP bigotry.

Of course they are equivalent because they are completely self serving and insincere. We should want and expect leaders with the courage of their convictions. I don't trust anyone who can change so readily and without second thought when it suits them. They'll just change back again when it suits.

They certainly don't have equivalent intentions or outcomes. So no, they're not equivalent at all, no matter how hard you try to justify and whitewash one-sided Republican bigotry by claiming to know everyone's true motivations. You're still making a false equivalence.

Then name some openly gay Republicans in power, and tell me what they've done to tangibly improve LGBT lives. (Who didn't switch to the Democratic party after coming out, like Charlie Crist, and who don't deny it, like Larry Craig or Lindsey Graham.)

Are the Log Cabin Republicans finally being taken seriously?

Republican LGBTQ rights group’s executive director is the latest to leave after its endorsement of Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/executive-director-o...

Conservative LGBT group denied a spot at Texas GOP convention

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/...

I'd vote Democrat over Republican every day of the week but it's denialism to pretend this doesn't enable this sociopathic approach to governance. You're appealing to tribalism because it fits your values. I wholeheartedly disagree that this is a healthy way to approach politics.

I'll take a self serving and insincere politician who moves in the right direction over one who moves in the wrong direction every time. Those are absolutely not equivalent.

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